Arden, Enoch

Arden, Enoch

shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316]

See: Castaway

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Arden, Enoch

missing for many years after being shipwrecked, returns to find his wife remarried. [Br. Poetry: “Enoch Arden”]

See: Disappearance

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Arden, Enoch

returned castaway; keeps identity secret from wife to preserve her “new life” happiness. [Br. Lit.: Enoch Arden]

See: Unselfishness